snuff out

snuff out

美 　英

• na.吹熄(蜡烛等)；压灭(希望等)；扫除；扑灭
• 网络扼杀；消灭；镇压，扼杀

词形变化

第三人称单数：snuffs out  现在分词：snuffing out  过去式：snuffed out  

英汉解释

na.	1. 弄熄,吹熄(蜡烛等);压灭(希望等);消灭,扫除;扑灭,镇压;〔俚语〕死

英英解释

na.	1. to make a flame stop burning by squeezing it with your fingers or covering it with a snuffer 2. to make something end quickly, especially by using force

例句

The Jamahiriya has the right to exist. What the west is proposing must be genocide as it's trying to snuff out the Jamahiriya .

利比亚有权利存在。西方正在提议什么种族灭绝，因为它是在试图扼杀利比亚。

I've got a doozy of a story for you, but if you snuff out my voice like that, I won't be able to tell it, now will I?

我有一个故事想要讲给你听，但如果你像那样打断我的话，我就无法讲下去了，不是吗？

Hosni Mubarak's regime looks as if it is trying to snuff out the protests. Can it be stopped?

穆巴拉克政府似乎在极力扼杀示威活动。他们的诡计能被阻止吗？

Moreover, such protests as have taken place have been easy to snuff out.

而且，已经发生的这种抗议很容易遭到扼杀。

As it inveighs against Colonel Qaddafi, its Saudi allies have helped snuff out the flame of democracy in the Gulf state of Bahrain.

正像是他们对卡扎菲猛烈抨击，其盟国沙特已经帮助熄灭了在海湾国家的民主的火焰。

Rather than a hard coup intended to snuff out the country's evolving democracy, it is an attempt to slow and control it.

与其用手段强硬的政变来扼杀埃及行进中的民主历程，委员会更希望尝试让这个过程变慢，并掌控它。

Fang is the architect of the so-called "Great Firewall" used to snuff out improper information posted on the internet.

方兴斌是“长城防火墙”的设计者。“长城防火墙”用于删除粘贴在互联网上的不适当信息。

Her goal was to snuff out all political opposition to her empress ambitions.

她的目的是要消除一切不利于她实现发女皇宏图的政治对抗。

They had orders to snuff out the enemy guards.

他们接到了杀掉敌卫兵的命令。

You have to be full of confidence and bravery to follow your own way when you are certain about it, to avoid being snuff out.

为了避免自己被“扼杀”，只要看准了，就要充满自信，敢于坚持走自己的路。

He was firmly entrenched in darkness, even bringing his blade to snuff out the bright lives of the Jedi younglings .

他坚定地投入黑暗，甚至以其剑刃屠杀绝地小学徒光明的性命。

Just the idea of having a better camera than other people is enough to snuff out boring thoughts about usability.

单单想到自己有个比别人好的照相机就足以让自己忘却了照相机到底好在哪里。

A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out, till he leads justice to victory.

压伤的芦苇，他不折断；将残的灯火，他不吹灭；等他施行公理，叫公理得胜。

Burma's ruling military junta keeps a close watch on all media outlets to snuff out any criticism of its rule.

缅甸军政府密切注意所有媒体，以封杀对军政府统治的任何批评。

While the Forces Arcanum teaches a mage how to ignite or snuff out a light, it gives no power over the quality of darkness.

虽然力量奥秘教导法师如何点火或扼杀光源，它不能结束黑暗的质量。

He's so old that he will snuff out one of these days.

他年岁太大了，说不定这几天就得死去。

Greedy heirs waited for the old man to snuff out.

贪心的继承人等待着老头断气。

And retreating energy costs may yet snuff out even these faint, inflationary embers.

同时能源成本下降也可能会熄灭这微弱的，通胀的余火。

The concern is that, in its battle to snuff out inflation, the Fed raises interest rates too far and also snuffs out economic growth.

市场担心为了压抑通胀，联储局可能会加息过多，以致经济增长亦受拖累。

Mr. Lin said a yuan move upward could snuff out the global recovery.

林毅夫说，人民币升值可能会扼杀全球复苏。

Volcanic dust is a big factor affecting plant growth as it can snuff out sunlight as well as poison the drinking water.

火山灰是影响植被生长的主要因素，因为它能阻挡阳光，污染饮用水。

Governments vowed to snuff out crime on campus.

政府部门誓要消除校园犯罪行为

Whoa! I got it. Snuff out them torches.

哇哦我想到了把火把灭了

You'll snuff out one day if you're so careless.

你老是这么粗心早晚有一天会送命的。

When we consciously or unconsciously make that decision, we snuff out that little voice in our head.

当我们有意或无意做出这样的决定时，我们就扼杀了心底那个微弱的声音。